Reed College Office for Student Engagement records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, performance reports, event calendars, minutes of the faculty, event posters, invoices, ledgers, budgets, photographs, activities schedules, and campus performance contracts. The collection also contains records regarding orientation programs at Reed College.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-2015
Creator
- Reed College. Office for Student Engagement (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The Office for Student Engagement, previously known as the Student Activities Office, coordinates student orientation, campus events, student organizations, and other aspects of student life at Reed College. Other significant Office for Student Engagement programs include Reed Arts Week, the Student Activities Fair, and Gray Fund activities.
The Office for Student Engagement offers an orientation program for incoming freshmen. In 1937, the program was known as "the freshman course," and it included lectures on study habits and student government. Over the years, the program has morphed, and has included optional service or outdoor trips in addition to lectures.
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet (9 manuscript boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Office for Student Engagement (OSE), previously known as the Student Activites Office (SAO), coordinates on- and off-campus student activities, facilitates student orientation and campus events, and provides resources to student organizations and events. This collection includes materials produced by or concerning the Office for Student Engagement.
Physical Location
Archives Main Shelving (L014), Range A Section 7.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition is unknown.
Processing Information
Materials likely processed several times. These files used to be part of a large “General Files” collection. Materials concerning orientation, which may not all pertain or have been created by the Office for Student Engagement, were merged with the Office for Student Engagement Collection in February 2019 and June 2019.
- Author
- Isabel Lyndon and Samrath Bhattacharya
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Reed College Special Collections and Archives Repository
3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard
Portland Oregon 97202-8199 United States
archives@reed.edu